Deuteronomy 32:25
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.”
חֶרֶב
A sword, a cutting weapon. Chereb. Reckless words wound like a sword. Wise words bring healing. The tongue is more powerful than any physical weapon.
גַּם
as well as
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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בְּתוּלָה
young woman
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בְּתוּלָה
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
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שָׁכֹל
it will make childless
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שָׁכֹל
properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)
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יָנַק
a suckling-child
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יָנַק
to suck; causatively, to give milk
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שֵׂיבָה
gray hair
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שֵׂיבָה
old age
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